# Globalstar: space company profile

> Globalstar: Globalstar, trading as GSAT, operates a LEO constellation providing mobile voice, data, and IoT connectivity, and powers Apple's satellite-based Emergency SOS feature on iPhones.

- Canonical page: https://spacenexus.us/company-profiles/globalstar
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- Data as of: profile last verified 2026-10-09; quote fetched 2026-10-10 09:19 UTC
- How the numbers are made: https://spacenexus.us/methodology#space-score

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## Profile facts

- Name: Globalstar (legal name Globalstar, Inc.)
- What it does: Globalstar, trading as GSAT, operates a LEO constellation providing mobile voice, data, and IoT connectivity, and powers Apple's satellite-based Emergency SOS feature on iPhones. (SpaceNexus analyst note)
- Sector: satellite, mobile-satellite-services
- Headquarters: Covington, LA, United States
- Founded: 1991
- Employees: 500-1000
- Chief executive: Paul Jacobs
- Status: active
- Ownership: public
- Publicly traded: yes, GSAT on NYSE
- Website: [https://www.globalstar.com](https://www.globalstar.com) (SpaceNexus profile)
- Profile claimed by the company: no
- Profile last verified: 2026-10-09

## Market data

- Share price: $83.82 (+0.72% over 24 hours)
- Market capitalisation: $10.86B
- Quote: Yahoo Finance, fetched 2026-10-10 09:19 UTC
- Quotes via Yahoo Finance and may be delayed; some exchanges by 15 to 20 minutes. For information only, not investment advice. Check prices with your broker before trading.

## Funding

- Raised privately before listing: No private round on record (No private round on record before Nov 2006. IPO, offerings, debt and unconverted notes are listed under Funding history by class and not added in.)

| Date | Round | Amount (USD) | Lead investor | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2012-12-28 | equity | $30.0M | - | [SEC EDGAR Form D](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1366868/000114420413001943/0001144204-13-001943-index.htm) |

- Rounds come from company announcements, regulatory filings and press reports. Amounts, valuations and investors are as reported and may be incomplete or later revised. Not investment advice, and not an offer or solicitation for any security.

## Space Score

- Score 674 of 1000, tier Contender.
- Rank 19 of 156 ranked companies.
- 6 of 7 inputs measured, high confidence, 100% of applicable pillar weight backed by data; measured 2026-10-10 02:10 UTC.
- Scale (46% of this total): 69 of 100
- Government space demand (31% of this total): 77 of 100
- Capital access (15% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Momentum (23% of this total): 50 of 100; not measured: Open-role change (90 days)
- Flight record (20% nominal, dropped): does not apply
- Every input, value and percentile: [breakdown](https://spacenexus.us/rankings/space-score-methodology?company=globalstar#breakdown)
- The Space Score is a 0 to 1000 snapshot of a space company's size and activity, relative to the other companies we track. It combines size (headcount, market value and revenue, 30%), U.S. federal space contracts (20%), equity raised (15%), momentum (15%) and, for launch companies, orbital launches (20%), so it leans heavily on size. It is descriptive: not a forecast, a rating or investment advice.
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## Government contracts (latest)

| Award date | Agency | Title | Value (USD) | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2026-01-16 | Interior | SPOT DEVICE SATELLITE COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE PLANS, ORWSC | $15K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140G0326P0023_1434_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-12-05 | Department of Justice | TITLE: SPOT TRACKER 2026 SERVICE RENEWAL REQUESTOR: PHILLIP D KRUZICH POP DATES: 01/01/2026 TO 12/31/2026 | $1K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDDT26P00000004_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-09-30 | National Transportation Safety Board | UNLIMITED MONTHLY SERVICE FOR SPOTX SATELLITE MESSAGING DEVICES | $38K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_9531BM25P0041_9508_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-09-21 | Department of Justice | TITLE: FY25, STTS, SPOT, $102,524.45, TRACKERS REQUESTOR: STEVEN X BARBAKOFF ITJA#: ITJA0016017 DELIVERY DATE: 09/30/2025 | $103K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDHQ25P00000775_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-06-05 | Agriculture | RENEWAL OF SPOT GPS DEVICES FOR TONTO NF FY2025 SPOT DEVICES ARE ASSIGNED TO EMPLOYEES OF THE TONTO NATIONAL FOREST WORKING IN AREAS BEYOND RELIABLE CELLULAR SERVICE. | $5K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_127EAU25F0007_12C2_12760421A0005_12C2) |
| 2025-05-15 | Department of Justice | TITLE: GLOBALSTAR - TAMPA DO OP JUGHEAD FY26-30 REQUESTOR: ALISON K MCNEILL AFT#: AFT25-MI-004706 ITJA#: ITJA0015908 POP DATES: 10/01/2025 TO 09/30/2030 | $90K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDHQ25P00000429_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-03-26 | Department of Justice | TITLE: GLOBAL START SPOT TRACKER SERVICE REQUEST REQUESTOR: CARLOS ORTIZ POP DATES: 03/24/2025 TO 03/23/2025 | $9K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDCB25P00000012_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-02-14 | Interior | SPOT SERVICE, BASE + 3 OPTION YEARS | $9K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140G0325P0047_1434_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2025-01-17 | Interior | SPOT GPS ANNUAL SERVICE - FY25 | $16K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140G0325P0021_1434_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2024-12-02 | Department of Justice | TITLE: SPOT TRACKER 2025 SERVICE RENEWAL REQUESTOR: PHILLIP D KRUZICH POP DATES: 01/01/2025 TO 12/31/2025 | $1K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDDT25P00000008_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2024-03-18 | Department of Justice | SPOT-PEREZ-$7,839.36-TRACKERS SERVICE THE APPROVED FUNDS WILL BE USED FOR THE PURCHASE AND ANNUAL TRACKERS SERVICE THAT ARE NECESSARY TO ASSIST IN CRIMINAL CASE OPERATIONS IN THE CARIBBEAN DIVISION. | $8K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDCB24P00000009_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2023-11-29 | Agriculture | BIG HORN NF ANNUAL RENEWAL FOR SATELLITE EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION DEVICE (SPOT/SEND) | $6K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_1240LP24F0002_12C2_12760421A0005_12C2) |
| 2023-11-21 | Interior | SATELITE MESSENGERS BASE YEAR WITH FOUR OPTION YEARS. | $49K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_140G0124P0027_1434_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2023-08-28 | Department of Justice | SURVEILLANCE | $250K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDHQ23P00000809_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |
| 2023-07-28 | Department of Justice | SPOT, INC-HAYNES-$3,597.30-TRACKERS | $4K | [USAspending.gov](https://www.usaspending.gov/award/CONT_AWD_15DDCB23P00000035_1524_-NONE-_-NONE-) |

## Operations

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## Sources

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- Each funding round's cited source: SEC filings, company announcements and press reports, linked per round
- Yahoo Finance: share price and market capitalisation
- Federal award records: contract awards

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